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How Aussie SMBs are driving cloud adoption
Small to medium-sized Australian businesses stand to gain from the cloud services revolution, particularly in the field of contact and call centres. [ + ]
ASX, Chi-X pass ASIC cyber resilience assessment
ASIC has published a report evaluating the cyber resilience of the ASX and Chi-X exchanges, as well as the good practices being implemented by other financial sector organisations. [ + ]
Aussie demand for VR to outstrip supply in 2016
VR headsets such as Facebook's Oculus Rift are expected to be in strong demand among Australian consumers over the next few years, Telsyte predicts. [ + ]
Cybersecurity professionals lax with their own security
An on-site survey at a recent cybersecurity conference in the US shows many IT professionals are lax with their own security when it comes to wearable technology. [ + ]
When the PDF will be a thing of the past
Modern businesses require the kind of analytical document flexibility that fixed-layout formats such as PDF simply cannot provide. [ + ]
ACMA updates telecom consumer protection code
Regulator ACMA has updated the Telecommunications Protection Code to provide greater clarity and flexibility to service providers in terms of compliance and monitoring. [ + ]
WA tops list of unlicensed software settlements in 2015
Software industry body BSA settled 15 cases of unlicensed software use among Australian companies in 2015, from industries including manufacturing and construction. [ + ]
Innovation the key to success
Australia risks being left behind by digital disruption, as the economy moves beyond products and into data, says Data61's CEO, Adrian Turner. [ + ]
UQ researchers get $7m grant for big data medicine research
Researchers from the University of Queensland have secured $7m in grant funding for a five-year project to apply big data to the use of personalised medicine. [ + ]
Victoria to help fund Deakin Uni's ManuFutures
Deakin University has secured $3m in state funding towards a $13m project to build a cooperative facility that will work with industry to develop innovations in advanced manufacturing. [ + ]
Equinix to open fourth Sydney data centre
Equinix has announced plans to open its fourth Sydney data centre as part of a global expansion of its International Business Exchange data centre footprint. [ + ]
Race relations at Facebook; Nissan car hacked by remote control; IBM to buy Resilient
Mark Zuckerberg tackles anti-black sentiment at Facebook, Aussie demonstrates Nissan LEAF compromise, and IBM aims to buy security response firm. [ + ]
Only 1 in 7 security chiefs report to the CEO
While the wide majority of company boards are concerned about cybersecurity, just 14% of security chiefs report directly to the CEO and 7% to the company board, research shows. [ + ]
Global Switch, Akamai opening Sydney data centres
Global Switch has commenced construction of the final stages of its Sydney East data centre, while Akamai has opened a data centre in Sydney to help Australian companies mitigate DDoS threats. [ + ]
Aussie business leaders fear 'digital Darwinism'
Nine in 10 Australian business leaders fear that the digital revolution will have a major disruptive impact on established businesses, which will need to adapt quickly to stay afloat. [ + ]